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The Return on Board

           Whentheheartandthereasonarestruggling,itisgenerallytheheartthatwinsthemastery.ThelairdofMalcolmCastlefeltthepresenceoflovedonesabouthiminthedarknessashewanderedupanddownthelonelystrand.Hegazed,andlistened,andevenfanciedhecaughtoccasionalglimpsesofafaintlight.

           "Iamnotmistaken,"hesaidtohimself;"Isawaship’slight,oneofthelightsontheDuncan!Oh!whycan’tIseeinthedark?"

           AllatoncethethoughtrushedacrosshimthatPaganelsaidhewasanyctalope,andcouldseeatnight.Hemustgoandwakehim.

           Thelearnedgeographerwassleepingassoundasamole.Astrongarmpulledhimupoutofthesandandmadehimcallout:

           "Whogoesthere?"

           "ItisI,Paganel."

           "Who?"

           "Glenarvan.Come,Ineedyoureyes."

           "Myeyes,"repliedPaganel,rubbingthemvigorously.

           "Yes,IneedyoureyestomakeouttheDuncaninthisdarkness,socome."

           "Confoundthenyctalopia!"saidPaganel,inwardly,thoughdelightedtobeofanyservicetohisfriend.

           Hegotupandshookhisstiffenedlimbs,andstretchingandyawningasmostpeopledowhenrousedfromsleep,followedGlenarvantothebeach.

           Glenarvanbeggedhimtoexaminethedistanthorizonacrossthesea,whichhedidmostconscientiouslyforsomeminutes.

           "Well,doyouseenothing?"askedGlenarvan.

           "Notathing.Evenacatcouldn’tseetwostepsbeforeher."

           V.IVVerne

           "Lookforaredlightoragreenoneherlarboardorstarboardlight."

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